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concentric |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Concentric \Con*cen"tric\, Concentrical \Con*cen"tric*al\, a. [F. concentrique See {Concenter}.] Having a common center, as circles of different size, one within another. Concentric circles upon the surface of the water. --Sir I. Newton. Concentrical rings like those of an onion. --Arbuthnot. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Concentric \Con*cen"tric\, n. That which has a common center with something else. Its pecular relations to its concentrics. --Coleridge. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: concentric adj : having a common center; "concentric rings" [syn: {concentrical}, {homocentric}] [ant: {eccentric}]
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